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This project is a labor of love. In addition to covering online platform and hosting fees, Deborah and Elise have volunteered many hours to compile content, write text, and design this website. If you find this online resource to be of benefit and wish to support our mission, please help us continue our research and further develop this site. We gratefully accept your donations of any size.

Thank you for your generosity!

Deborah Valoma & Elise Youssoufian
Co-founders, Armenian Needlelace Initiative

“Through the Armenian Needlelace Initiative, Deborah Valoma and Elise Youssoufian do more than preserve–they continue the unbroken thread.”

Gassia Armenian, Research Curator Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles

 "We have been surrounded by Armenian needle lace our whole lives, yet had no idea of the meaning and significance of this valuable, beautiful expression of love and spirit."

Ruth Alahydoian, Treasurer, Hamazkayin San Francisco, Nikol Aghpalian Chapter

 "The Armenian Needlelace Initiative is a place where past and present meet, where old stories and poems meet new ones."

Ani Astourian

 "The delicate strength of these pieces is a metaphor for the resilience of our people–especially our female ancestors."

Meline Haratunian

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